Clinical and molecular investigation of a canine distemper outbreak and vector-borne infections in a group of rescue dogs imported from Hungary to Switzerland

Table 4 CDV PCR results at first presentation and at different time points thereafter in 13 rescue dogs

Positive results are shown in bold
¹CDV PCR-positive dogs (at first investigation) are shown in bold, no samples could be collected from Dog 14 (not shown) due to aggressive behaviour. ² CS conjunctival swab, NS nasal swab, OC oropharyngeal swab, pos positive result, neg negative result, quest questionable result. ³Dog 3 had already tested CDV PCR-positive in a CS collected at first presentation (23.10.13) by the private veterinarian. ⁴Samples for CDV PCR were collected for the first time two weeks after first presentation (23.10.13). ⁵Dog 12 had already tested CDV PCR-negative in blood collected by the private veterinarian at first presentation (24.10.13). ⁶Conjunctival, nasal and oropharyngeal swabs were pooled for CDV PCR. ⁷PCR result questionable due to low cGAPDH levels (for details, see Methods section)

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